Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16565, Gideon Dunham, Conn. Privateer

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conn. Privateer
Dunham, Gideon Anna
N 16565
CONTENTS

20.798 New York Gideon Dunham of Connecticut in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Laurence of the Regt. commanded by Col. Swift in the Conn. line for a full term
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of Oct. 1832 and unto S. Fitch Clerk. Connecticut Co.
Arrears to the 4th Sep '33 $ 200 Semi-annual allowance ending 4th Mch '34 40 $240
Recorded by { Revolutionary Claim, } { Sept June 7, 1832. } G. B. Atles Clerk, Book E. Vol. II, Page 98

7550.
New York
Dana Dunham, late son of Gideon Dunham
was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 who died on the 8th May, 1841.
Resided in the State of New York was a Privy in the Company commanded by Captain Lawrence of the 2nd Regt commanded by Col. Swift in Conn. time for a full term
scribed on the Roll of Albany the rate of 80 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd day of August, 1843 and sent to H. H. Soper Esq. Pensions N.Y.
Whole amount due $ 400.
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Geo. Humphreys, Clerk, Book A. Vol. 2 Page 75.

Payment to be made to Shubal & Solomon Dunham Betsey Carey, Anna Wash, Lucy Lewis, & Mary Abby only surviving children of Anna Dunham dec.
= wid who and of who com to the
Rep Augt 23
Let. to Pension Agent Albany N.Y. Augt 23rd 1842.
In at Ben Mr
H. N. Soper Oct 15 1853 Ltr. H. C. Mead, June 10/54-
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   November 17 To 4670 Work at 5- 2 3 3 6   25 To 16 Bushels of Wheat at 6- 1 2   Shilings per Bushels 1 5 2 2   February 10 To 25 1/2 of Rye at 5 Shilings per Bushels 2 8   April 6 To 6 Pounds of flour at 15 Pence a Pound   10 To one cow 2 2 5 0   May 7 To 3 Bushels of corn at half a dollar per Bushels 1 5 7 5   27 To half a Pound of Tea 1 1 8   June 5 To a Care Over halls   August 19 To Fourteen Dollars 14 1   March Cash   1807 To six Dollars 6   April To one cow and Calf   Twenty four Dollars 2 11   October 3 To Cash 2 5 0   Bill Remained 3 1/2 2 5  

Abul Dunham born July the 6-1782 Solomon Dunham Born July 8 - 1785 Betsey Dunham Born October 26 - 1784 Sundy Dunham Born January 23 - 1791 Lucy Dunham Born December 11 1793 Harry Dunham Born July 23 - 1794 Mary Dunham Born October 2 the 1799 Sarah Dunham July 1 - 1802 Abel Dunham Born February 24 - 1805 Henry Dunham Died January 13 Stone Creek in the Morning Minutes 1813

State of New York Green County
On this 18th day of Oct 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas sitting Judge Durham a resident of Otsego in the County of Green State - affirmed a side being over years of age who being first duly sworn answered to him Datham his oath make the following Decla- -ration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated (viz) That he Enlisted Volunteered in the spring of 1776 into the Company of Capt Lawrence for the term of Three months and went to Horse Neck in Connecticut served out his time and was Discharged and returned home That he was then in the fiftieth year of his age under the command of Capt Lawrence
That in the spring of 1777 (he thinks) That he Enlisted into the Army and went to the High Lands near West Point and joined the Army under General Putnam that this Detachment with a part of the Army followed the British fleet from Fishkill up the River to Esopus and march- -ed day and night until they arrived at Haugh- -mans where the British landed and burned the Town of Esopus we then returned back to Fishkill Barracks This Detachment says that he was in the service at this time about nine months was discharged at Fishkill the winter after Gen Burgoyne was taken but the name of his Captain he cannot certainly tell but states that General Gates was then at the time the above service was rendered

He enlisted again in the Spring of 1780 (he thinks) into the Company of Captain Read and went to the Highlands near West Point or King's Ferry and joined the Army under Col Swift General Green & General Huntington over there He was afterwards transferred afterwards into the Name of Capt. Hawkins Company Infantry Regt. (he thinks) and was afterwards transferred again into Webb's Regiment. During the Campaign he was at the Highlands West Point. New York. Hackensack, Tappan and many other places with the Army that at this time of service he served as near as he can rec- -ollect for a Period of Eighteen Months and was discharged from the Company of Capt Barker and says that he had the uniform of Webb's Regiment in in his House 4 Years Ago He says that he was acquainted with Maj. Clift Gen Sullivan Gen Putnam & Green during some part of the above Campaign, his memory is so poor that he cannot recollect all the names of Officers and Men that he might be mistaken in the dates of the different Periods when his said services were rendered but thinks he is not mistaken in the length of time which he served
That he was born in the Town of Canaan Ben- Litchfield County in the year 1761 and was born at the time of the war time of the war Don't know that he has any record of his age that he knew when called into service in the Town of Canaan etc has lived since the war in the Town of Sheffield Massachusetts from there he removed to Southbury in Connecticut from there to Sandy Hill Washington County from there to Geneva New York then to Batavia (Seneca Co.) where he has resided more than thirty years That he hereby acknowledges all claim to a pension or annuity due to the present and

Declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Army of any state That he received a written Discharge before he thinks by Gen Knapp from the Twelve  English Chanthe division which was last in the Genesee River with a band of Druners which contained it more than Thirty years ago he recollects that William Turner was Discharged at the same time and by the same officers who is the only one that he recollects that is now living that served with him and he is so old and his memory so poor that he cannot distinctly recollect the length of time this Department served. This department further states that he is acquainted with James Cummings Esqr a Judge of Genesee County Court and with Ethan B Allen and Phiphes G Tracy Esqrs and others in the Towns of Elba and Batavia who can testify to his character for length and veracity.
That the same year that Newland was Burned he thinks in the year 1782 he volunteered as a hand on the ship "Hunting" as a sailor under Capt Smithy's command and was out three months and took an English Frigate of twenty guns called the High Battery which had an armed crew hundred and thirty three men which we took and sent into New London on the coast out to sea and was gone until the last of Oct when we came into New London he is positive that he served at this time three months
This 18 th day of October 1832 in open court Timothy Fitch Clerk
Phiphes G Tracy Ethan B Allen

Declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Army of any State
That he received a written Discharge signed by him by Gen. Knapp from the Twelfth  Twelfth Massachusetts Infantry which was lost in the Genesee River with a box of Drawers which contained it more than Thirty years ago he recollects that William Turner was Discharged at the same time and by the same officer who is the only one that he recollects that is now living that served with him and he is so old and his memory so poor that he cannot distinctly recollect the length of time this Department served. This deponent further saith that he is acquainted with Simon Cummings Esqr a Judge of Genesee County Court and with Ethan B Allen and Phinehas G Tracy Esquires and others in the Towns of Elba and Batavia who can testify to his character for truth and veracity
Sworn to and Subscribed the day of October 1832 Subscribed & sworn to the day of your affiant in open court
Given under my hand Timothy Fitch Clerk
Genesee County ss We Ethan B Allen & Phinehas G Tracy Residents of the Town of Batavia Genesee County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Gideon Dunning who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be seventy one years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Subscribed and sworn this 18 th day of October 1832 in open court
Timothy Fitch Clerk
Phinehas G Tracy Ethan B Allen

In the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the person named in Applicant was a revolution war soldier and died as he states; and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that either B Allen & Shushack Tracy Esqrs who signed the preceding certificates are persons entitled to full credit and that their statement is true
Read of Wilson William Mitchell Robert Root
Timothy Fitch, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of the Gideon Dunham for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my my name and affixed my official seal this twenty third day of October 1832
Timothy Fitch Clerk
I Timothy Fitch Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of

State of New York Genesee County, ss.
On this 16 th day of June 1843 personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said county of Genesee Shubael Dunham, a resident of the (now) town of Oakfield in the said county of Genesee and State of New York, aged sixty one years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and Pensions to Certain widows" That he is one of the children and heirs at law of Anna Dunham, who was the widow of Elisha Dunham, deceased, that the said Elisha Dunham was a Pensioner of the United States under the Act of 1832 at the rate of eighty dollars per annum and for proof and particulars of his services this declarant must refer to his papers on file in the Pension Office. That the said Elisha Dunham died in the town of Elba in said county on the 8 th May 1841 and left his widow Anna Dunham who died on the 6 th April 1843. He further declares that the only children of the said Anna Dunham, now living and who are all of the age of Twenty one years and upwards are this declarant, Solomon Dunham, Betsey Cary, Anna Cook, Lucy Lewis and Mary Abbey, — That he cannot state the time of the marriage of the said Elisha Dunham and Anna Dunham and refers to the proof on file. That he thinks she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four. He further declares that the said Anna Dunham remained unmarried until the time of her death. —
Shubael Dunham
Sworn to and subscribed
on the day and year above written
in open court before the Judges thereof
H. H. Soper Clerk of said Court.

No 18.321 Gideon Dunham Genesee - N.Y -
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Admitted Private 2 years
Timothy Fitch Esq Genesee - N.Y -

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
New York
A Statement, showing the Service of Gideon Dunham Gannett
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Feb Spring 1776 3 Private Capt Lawrence 77 years Living witness. For   End Spring 77 about 9 Genl Putnam Canaan Feb 1776 & 2 succeeding years   End Spring 81 12 Genl Gates Hitchfield service & state part of the war   Feb Spring 80 Col Swift Co. Conn the officer as a sergeant but   Hunter 3 seamen Capt Barker recieved nomination of it by the officer   Capt Sage T. Turner state for 3 years up to   82 or 3. Traditional evidence   likewise  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1852.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers, the time he left the service, (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service, the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this                      day of                      &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (1) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
John C. Calhoun

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of _____ a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. W. 16565
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec 1776 9 mos Private Lawrence Putnam Conn.   Apr 1777 9 " " William Paton, out of service Putnam "   1780 3 " " Continuity began on ship Thistle * " "   Apr 1781 12 " Private Reese Putnam Swift "   Mumford Mumford "   Barker Webb "  
Battles engaged in, *aided in capturing an English Sergeant
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Danbury, Connecticut
Date of application for pension, Oct 18 1822. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, New Britain, Conn.
Age at date of application, 65. (She was born Jan 19 1762 and d. May 8 1843)
Remarks: She was born Jan 19 1762 and d. May 8 1843. Her children were: Sarah, b. July 1782, m. Feb 1797; Mary, b. Oct 1787, m. Jan 1799; Hannah, b. Jan 1790, m. Oct 1799; Lucy, b. Jan 1792, m. Jan 1799; Sarah, b. Feb 1795, m. Oct 1799.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 165-65
Anna Dunham Widow of Gideon Dunham Brig Rev. War
Act: July 7 th 1858
Index:—Vol. a , Page 200
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1919 Jan 20. Heritory to Miss Rutha E. Bengen - aut. and photostat copies of his declaration also mailed to her. aut

App. of Anna Wm. ham, m. co., Winn. of Gideon,
Genesee co., N.Y.
Act 15 th May 1888.
A. H. ... Hoback ... P. ... King ... N.Y.
FREE

State of New York County of Erie ss : Commission of Deeds of the City of Buffalo On this Seventh day of June 1854 before the subscriber a notary public of Buffalo in and for said County personally appeared Solomon Dunham a resident of the town of Imbrie Grange in said County aged Eighty nine years and made oath according to law that he is directly interested in a claim against the United States for an increase of pension , supposed to be due to him as the only son of William Dunham deceased who was a revolutionary soldier, and a pensioner of the United States at the time of his death and he hereby appoints A. C. Muel of Buffalo, N. Y. his Attorney to prosecute said claim, and examine all papers and documents in relation thereto, on file in any of the Departments at Washington City or elsewhere, and to receive from the officer authorized to issue the same, a certificate for a pension or any arrears or increase of pension, or any claim to which Deponent may be entitled, and to do all other acts and things in and about obtaining such increase of pension as Deponent might or could do, were he personally present at the doing thereof; and he hereby revokes all former powers if any inconsistent with the above; hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever Deponent's said Attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done in the premises. In witness whereof the said Deponent has hereunto set his hand and seal the day and year first above written.
Solomon Dunham
[L.S.]
SWORN TO, SUBSCRIBED AND ACKNOWLEDGED, before me, on the day and year first above mentioned, and I certify that I believe the Deponent to be directly interested in the claim above mentioned, and the identical person therein alleged and described, and that I have no interest in the result of said claim and am not concerned in its prosecution.
Samuel Lake Commissioner of Deeds of the City of Buffalo
State of New York, } ss. ERIE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, WILLIAM ANDRE, Clerk of said County, and of the Courts thereof, certify that Samuel Lake Esq. before whom the annexed affidavit was taken, and whose name is subscribed in the certificate of proof thereof, was at the time of taking the same, a commissioner of deeds, in and for the City of Buffalo, in said County, duly sworn and acting as such, and authorized to take the same: and further, that I am well acquainted with his handwriting, and verily believe the signature thereto, to be his genuine signature.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County and the Courts thereof, the 7 day of June A. D. 1854.
W Andre Clerk.

(89489) v 89 18.
Anna Dunham deceased
NYork
Act 7 th July 1837.
admd.
2 yrs pri
80 $
To Shubal & Solomon Dunham. Hickey Cary. Anna back. Lucy Lewis - Mary Abby - only surviving children of Anna Dun- ham de.?
N.Y. Super Exr Batavia N.Y.

8918
Deposition of Deborah Duncan in behalf of children of Anna Duncan, widow of William Duncan, for a Pension
H. W. Soper, Agent Batavia, N.Y.

Born the 10 October - 1762 Married Margaret Bown January 19 - 1763 Married Deborah the 11 - 1781
State of New York Genesee County ss.
Thubad Dunham of the town of Sulara in the said county of Genesee, being duly sworn doth depose and say, that he is one of the children of Gideon Dunham and Anna Dunham, both deceased, late of the (now) town of Oakfield, (formerly) Elba in the said county of Genesee: that he is aged sixty years and was born, as he has always understood, on the sixth day of July in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty two, and as appears from the Family Record of the said Gideon Dunham, hereto annexed: that said Record is in the hand writing of the said Gideon Dunham, the father of this Deponent and was cut from an old account Book kept by the said Gideon Dunham, for which it was cut in my presence by Horace M. Soper, and is a true Record, as this Deponent believes, of the Marriage of the said Gideon Dunham and Anna Mornell: That they were married on the twenty first day of February in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one: That this Deponent has always understood and supposed that said marriage took place prior to the said Gideon Dunham's leaving the Revolutionary service: That the said Gideon Dunham served in the Revolutionary war and was a Pensioner at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum under the Pension Act of 1833. - and for the proof and particular circumstances of his services, this Deponent must refer to the papers of the said Gideon Dunham on file in the pension office on his application for a pension under said Act. - And this Deponent further says that the said Gideon Dunham died on the eighth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty one.

That Anna Dunham, who died on the sixth day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty three and until her death remained unmarried and the widow of the said Elisha Dunham and had never made application for a Pension as this Deponent had been advised that she could not obtain a pension That she left six children only living who are all of age and their names and residences are as follows. — this Deponent, Shubael Dunham, of Batavia aforesaid. Betsey Gary of the said town of Batavia. Fanny Gark, Lucy Lewis, Mary Abby and Solomon Dunham, of the said town of Oakfield. — This Deponent therefore in behalf of himself and the other children of the said Elisha Dunham and Anna Dunham makes application for whatever Pension was by right due the said widow Anna Dunham, by virtue of any law or laws passed by Congress providing for the payment of Pensions to the widows of Revolutionary Soldiers. — And further this Deponent saith not. —
Sworn and Subscribed
Shubael Dunham
this 14 th day of April 1843 before me by the said Shubael Dunham, who is to me personally known and whom I certify to be a man of truth and veracity and entitled to credit. —
Frederick Smith, Justice of the peace of Genesee County.

State of New York Genesee County
I, Horace W. Soper, Clerk of the said County do Certify that Richard Smith Esq. was, a Justice of the Peace of the said County at the time of taking the foregoing affidavit and duly authorized by law to take the same and that his signature to the certificate of taking the same is his hand writing.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my Name and affixed my Official Seal this 14th.
April 1842.
H. W. Soper, Clerk

Natami Oct. 2. 1853
L. P. Waldo Esq. Comm. of Pensions Dear Sir,
Yours of 27 th ult. is rec d . Saying that the heirs of Gideon Plantum are not entitled to Bounty Land &c.
The declaration was intended to apply for a Pension that I supposed he was entitled to under Act of 15 May 1828 and I herewith return his declaration for the action of the Department on this respect. His claim under that Act was a vested right and his heirs are entitled to the pension under that Act which he did not draw
I am Sir Resp t J. H. B. Tupper

Buffalo N.Y. June 7 th 1884
Sir -
Enclosed please find affidavit of Solomon Dunham one of the children and heirs of Gilson Dunham deceased, who applied for a pension under act of 1818 or 1820, but for some cause it was refused, afterwards he received a pension of $80. by act of 1832 - Mr Dunham always understood that his father was a during war soldier, and served until its close, if so, I suppose the heirs are entitled to back pension. -
Will you inform me what amount of service he claimed to have performed, and for what service the pension was granted by act of 1832, and whether he was a during war soldier or not -
I am very respectfully
J. T. Waldo Esq. Commr. of Pensions Washington D.C.
Yours Obt. Servt. H. C. Meall

Patania, Greene County, N.Y. April 14, 1843
Sir,
I enclose the deposition of Imbark Dunham, who is one of the children of Widow Dunham and Anna Dunham. He is one of our most respectable citizens and has been in respectable official station, and of undoubted veracity. — I mention these facts to supersede if possible the necessity of procuring more affidavits. — I am personally knowing to the leading facts and they are truly stated in this affidavit. I suppose the children are entitled to the $80. Pension for 4 March 1836 to the time of her death, by virtue of the marriage having taken place previous to the expiration of his Revolutionary service — or if it should not sufficiently appear that the marriage took place before the term of his service expired, that they will be entitled to the five years pension and the balance due for March 4, 1843 to the time of the death of the widow under the Act of the last session. —
I am truly Yours, N. D. Dyer
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm: of Pensions.

Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y. June 16. 1843.
J. L. Edwards Esq., Dear Sir,
I enclose Papers on the Application of one of the heirs of Anna Dunham, widow of Micah Dunham, both deceased, for the benefit of the act of July 7. 1835. — The proof of marriage, you will recollect, was sent with the application made by Michael Dunham last March. — The widow died on the 6 April 1843 and I suppose the heir will be entitled to 1 month & 2 days Pension under the act of March 1843 which I presume can be embraced in the Certificate granted and not put the heir to the trouble of making application further.
I am Yours Very Respectfully H. H. D. Soper

June 5 43
Anna D. Graham
3 oct papers
FREE
R. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D. of C.
911

Patapsco, General County, Md. &
May 30. 1843.
Sir,
Permit me to ask the particular favor of a reply to this letter as soon as received, out of your usual course, - so that I may avail myself of the next Term of our Court which sits on the 13 th June. - I rec d yours in reply to the application of the heir of Anna Dunham, Widow of Richard Dunham for a pension under Act. 1838. - I am uncertain what proof is required in this case. - whether the same rules as regulate the application for an annuity are sufficient. - The Widow died leaving Children, without having made any application for the benefits of the Act of 1838. - I have sent you the affidavit of one of the heirs and the Family Record of marriage.
I am Yours
Very Respectfully
H. W. Soper
James L. Edwards Esq. Clerk of Pension

Gideon Dunham's alphabet for a Russian

State of New York
Genesee County ss. Aaron Fox of Batavia in the County & State of said being duly sworn deponeth and saith that he is acquainted with Gideon Donhom of the town of Elba in the County & State aforesaid, that he was acquainted with the said Gideon Donhom in the Revolutionary Army, that he knew him at the City of New York in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six; that said Donhom was a sergeant in the Regiment commanded by Col. Dodge in the Brigade commanded by General Shurington. that he knew the said Donhom as a soldier or noncommissioned officer in the Revolutionary Army two years at different places; & during the year seventeen hundred seventy six and the two succeeding years.
Aaron his Fox mark
Subscribed & sworn this 26 th day of February A. D. 1831 before me
Moses Saggat Justice of the Peace of said County

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Gideon Dunham Apprentice for a Pension
18321
V

Genesee County Town of Elba ss
William Turner of the Town of Leroy in the County of Schenectady state of New York being Duly sworn according to Law Deposition saith that he was acquainted with Gideon Dunham in the United States Army in the Revolutionary War and he thinks the said Gideon Dunham served in the Army about three years and the last year he served with the said Dunham in Col Heman Swifts Regiment and Capt. Munn's Company and this Regiment and the said Dunham were discharged at the same time at West Point the last of the War in the year 1782 or 1783 Subscribed and sworn this 12th day of Oct 1832 before me
William his Turner Clerk
E. D. Davis Justice of the Peace
State of New York Genesee County ss I, Timothy Fitch, Clerk of said County certify, that Moses Tappan and Eleazar D. Davis before whom the foregoing affidavits purport to have been respectively taken will at the time they severally purport to have been taken and made Justices of the Peace in and for said County - And that I am well acquainted with the signatures of said Justices and truly believe that the signatures of said Justices subscribed to said affidavits are genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this twenty third day of October 1832 Timothy Fitch Clerk

I certify that I have had some acquaintance with William Turner who has subscribed and sworn to the within affidavit and believe him to be a credible witness
June 10th 1833 E. D. Davis

Declaration and Proof of the here for a Pension for
See No. 8,918
Anna Dunham, Widow, widow of July 7. 1838. —
See 8,918
H. W. Loper, Agent, Batavia, Genesee Co. N.Y.

State of New York } ss. Genesee County }
I, Horace M. Soper, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas held at the Court House in Batavia in and for the County of Genesee on the 13 th day of June 1843 do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Nathaniel Dunham was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of eighty Dollars per annum, was a Resident of the town of Elba in the said County of Genesee and State of New York and died in the said town on the eighth day of May in the year eighteen hundred and forty one and left his widow, Anna Dunham who died on the sixth day of April in the year eighteen hundred and forty three and left the following children who are the only children living of the said Anna Dunham and all of whom are of the age of Twenty one years and upwards and whose names are, Nathaniel Dunham, Solomon Dunham, Betsey Cary, Anna Cook, Lucy Lewis and Mary Abbey - and that the said Anna Dunham died unmarried.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Batavia in the said County of Genesee this 13 th day of June in the year of our Lord 1843.
H. Soper. Clerk.

Payment to be made at Albany by J. W. Woodhull Esq. Agent for paying Pen- sioners, in the Agency of New York.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A Vol. 2 Page 75 by Thos. Swarthum Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th July, 1836, Anna Dunham deceased late widow of Gideon Dunham who was a private in the Revolution was entitled to receive Eighty Dollars per annum commencing on the 4th March, 1836, and terminating on the 4th March, 1841, but she having since died the amount due is payable to Chubal and Solomon Dunham, Betsey Carey, Anna Dath, Lucy Lewis and Mary Abby only surviving children of Anna Dunham deceased
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 23 rd day of August, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three.
Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
Commissioner of Pensions.

Green River Twp
Personally appeared before me
John Anderson a Justice of the Peace of the County of Elkhart County of Elkhart State of Indiana who being duly sworn deposes & saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot discern as clearly as to the precise length of his services but according to his best recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below & in the following grades for the time of Three Months as a private in the Company of Capt. Lawrence in the year 1876 That he served in the year 1877 as an Enlisted Soldier for the time of not less than Nine Months and served as a private but does not recollect the name of his Capt. as stated in his Original Declaration That in the spring of 1881 he thinks he enlisted in the Company of Capt. Reed & that he served not less than Twelve Months at the several places stated in his Original Declaration That he volunteered on board the ship Hunter under Capt. Doss & served not less than Three Months as stated in the Declaration herein to be mixed he further saith that he served Three Months as a Sergeant in the Company of Capt. Barker at West Point which was the last Three Months of the years service as above mentioned & that during the several periods above mentioned he was not engaged in any civil pursuit Subscribed & sworn this 10th day of June 1904
John Anderson
E. D. Davis Justice of the Peace

State of New York } Genesee County ss } I. Timothy Fitch. Clerk of said county certify, that Eleazar D. Davis before whom the within affidavit purports to have been taken and made was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and that I am well acquainted with the hand- writing of said Justice and truly believe his signature to said affidavit is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and seal of office this twenty- ninth day of June 1833.
Timothy Fitch Clerk By B. Pringle Deputy

Gideon Danham, heir of -
Declaration -
H. U. Loper Agent - Ratama Genesee Co., N.Y.

(Declaration of Solomon Dunham, one of the children and heirs at law of Gideon Dunham, deceased, who was, late, a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States.—
State of New York } County of Genesee } ss: On this twenty eighth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before me, Solomon Dunham, of the town of Pembroke in the said County of Genesee, who being duly sworn deposed and said that he is aged sixty eight years: that he is a son of Gideon Dunham, late of the town of Elba in said County of Genesee deceased— That the said Gideon Dunham was a Revolutionary Soldier and Pensioner of the United States— That he received a Pension of Eighty Dollars per annum under the Act of June 7. 1832— That he died in the said town of Elba on the eighth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty one and left his widow then surviving, Anna Dunham, who died on the 6 th day of April 1843 and that the only children surviving them are Mary Abby, of the said town of Oakfield, Fanny Cash, of Silver Creek, Cattaraugus Co. New York and this deponent.— And this deponent further says that he believes that all the necessary proof of the services of the said Gideon Dunham in the Revolutionary War, together with the time of his marriage to the said Anna, is on file in the Pension Department to which he respectfully refers— And this deponent further says that he has always understood and

believes that his said father was married to the said Anna in the time of the Revolution. He further declares that the said Ebenezer Denshaw in his life time did not receive any warrant for bounty land and that his children and heirs since his death have not received any warrant for bounty land. And he makes this declaration in behalf of himself and the said heirs of the said Ebenezer Denshaw, for the purpose of obtaining a warrant for bounty land due him, and also for an increase of pension and any & all pension monies that are or can be due to the said heirs on account of the Revolutionary services of the said Ebenezer Denshaw and particularly for the pension due him under the Act of May 15 th 1828 and for an increase of pension under the Act of June 7. 1832 and for any pension that should have been paid to his widow up to the time of her death - and I do hereby appoint Horace M. Soper, of Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y. my true and lawful attorney for me and the said heirs to prosecute the said claims. -
Solomon Denshaw
Personally appeared the above named Solomon Denshaw subscriber to the foregoing declaration, with whom I have been personally acquainted for many years and know to be the identical person described in the said declaration and made oath that the facts stated therein are true according to the best of his knowledge and belief and in my presence acknowledged the Power of Attorney thereto subscribed to be his free act and deed. -
Richard Smith. a Justice of the peace
of said county.

State of New York } County of Genesee } ss:
I, Merrill G. Soper, Clerk of the said County, do certify that Richard Smith Esq., was a Justice of the Peace in and for said County at the time of taking the foregoing declaration and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and do verily believe that his signature to the Certificate of taking said declaration is his hand writing.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 15 August 1858. M. G. Soper Off.

BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Ex. Div. Division
29 1919 191__
Chief, War Section Sir:
I have this day received from Miss Bertha E. Bergen draft No. Cash for $ 90 / 100 requesting post office address as as per letter herewith.
Log Div. note: That copies were mailed Jan 30, 1919 aw
Very respectfully, A. Campbell Chief of Division.

Rev. War Section.
Finance Div.
Jan. 30, 1919.
JAN 20 1919
Miss Bertha E. Ber 1757 N. St. N. W. Washington, D. C. Madam:
In reply to your personal request of the 28" instant, you are herewith furnished, under the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1912, two photostat copies of the declaration of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Gideon Dunham, Conn. Troops, W. File No. 16,565.
You are also furnished with an abstract of the service and family data of said pensioner.
Very respectfully,
[Handwritten signature: J. M. ...]
Commissioner.
  Name  Gideon Dunham  Date  Jan 24 1919    No.  W. 16565       Conn. Troops   Rev. War    Photographic copies wanted of  7      pieces, consisting of  4  pages.     Remarks:  make two copies of each    Exr.  W. Wilson  Chief  Rev. War Section  
APPROVED:
[Handwritten signature: ...] Law Clerk.
Serial 679 No. ...

Miss Bertha E. Bergen - ✓ 90 cts. Recd. 1757 N. St. N.W. W  CW Wash. D.C.
Wants photostat copies of 6 pages. unverified from Rev. War pension claim of Gideon Dunham. Conn. W. 16565-
Jan. 28/19
Miss Bergen does not desire a receipt.

1808918 Anna Dunham Decatur New York Suspended
let to A.W. Soper May 20 th 1843 - " " " " " June 10. "
Act 7 th July 1838.